Elise Schmezer Explained

Elise Kratky Schmezer (1810–1856)[1] was a German singer and teacher[2] who composed one opera and many songs.[3] [4] [5]

Schmezer’s father Josef Kratky taught trumpet, trombone, and horn in Graz (today in Austria). She performed as a singer in Graz until her marriage to the tenor Friedrich Schmezer in the 1830s and his appointment as a singer/director in Braunschweig, Germany, in 1836.[6] Elise Schmezer composed and taught voice after their move to Braunschweig.

Several composers dedicated works to Elise Schmezer:

In 1853, Schmezer’s opera Otto der Schütz[9] premiered in Brunswick at the Herzogliches Hoftheater.[10] The libretto by Friedrich Schmezer was based on works by Alexandre Dumas[11] [12] [13] and Johanna Kinkel.[14]

Schmezer’s compositions were published by Bachmann & Nagel, Damkohler, Heinrichshofen, Carl Luckhardt, Mayer, and A. M. Schlesinger. They included:

Opera

Vocal

No. 1. “Der Troubadour” (text by Ferdinand Freiligrath after Sir Walter Scott

No. 2. “Rothe Rose” (text by Ferdinand Freiligrath after Robert Burns)

No. 3. ”Thürmerlied” (text Emanuel Geibel)

No. 1 “Valencia’s Rose” (text by Gustav Brandt)

No. 2 “Die Sultanin” (text by Ignaz Hub)

No. 3 "Der Zigeunerbube" (text by Emanuel Geibel)

No. 1 “Wenn ich in deine Augen seh’” (text by Heinrich Heine)

No. 2 “Ich möchte sterben wie der Schwan” (text by Emanuel Geibel)

No. 3 “Der Postillon” (text by Otto Friedrich Gruppe)

No. 1 “Schön Rohtraut” (text by Eduard Mörike)

No. 2 “Das Geheimnis” (text by Friedrich Schiller)

No. 3 “Widmung” (text by Friedrich Rückert)

No. 1 “Neuer Frühling” (text by Heinrich Heine)

No. 2 “Der Gruss” (text by Anonymous)

No. 3 “Der Csikos” (text by Johan Nepomuk Vogl)

No. 4  “Tyrolerlied” (text by Zille)

No. 1 “Gondoliera (Keine Rosen ohne Dornen)” (text by Otto Inkermann as C. O. Sternau)

No. 2 “Auf Posten” (text by Wilhelm Hauff)

No. 3 “Zigeunerlied aus dem Persischen” (text by Georg Friedrich Daumer)

No. 4 “Gondoliera (Felice notte Marietta)” (text by Otto Inkermann as C. O. Sternau)

No. 4 “Leise zieht durch mein Gemüt” (text by Heinrich Heine)

No. 1 “Der Ursprung der Harfe”

No. 2 “Du wundersüßes Kind” (text by Otto Indermann as C. O. Sternau)

No. 3 “Was treibt dich umher, in der Frühlingsnacht?” (text by Heinrich Heine)

No. 1 “Wärst du auf öder Haid allein”

No. 2 “Das Hochlandskind”

No. 3 “Die Birke von Aberfeldy”

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elise Schmezer Song Texts LiederNet . 2023-03-03 . www.lieder.net.
  2. Book: Deutscher Bühnenalmanach . de.
  3. Book: Cohen, Aaron I. . International encyclopedia of women composers . 1987 . Books & Music USA. 0-9617485-2-4 . 2nd, revised and enlarged . New York . 622 . 16714846.
  4. Book: Stewart-Green, Miriam . 1980 . G. K. Hall. 0-8161-8498-4 . Boston, Massachusetts . 64 . 6815939.
  5. Book: Stern, Susan . 1978 . Scarecrow Press . 0-8108-1138-3 . Metuchen, New Jersey. 148 . 3844725.
  6. Book: Bunzel, Anja . The Songs of Johanna Kinkel: Genesis, Reception, Context . 2020 . Boydell & Brewer . 978-1-78327-410-9 . en.
  7. Book: Wiener Allgemeine Musik-Zeitung . 1845 . A. Strauss . de.
  8. Book: Svensk bibliographi för år ... eller Allmän Förteckning öfwer utkomna Böcker, Musikalier, Kartor, Kopparstick och Stentryck: 1849 . 1849 . Norstedt . sv.
  9. Book: The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians . The Macmillan Company . 1938 . Wier . Albert E. . New York . 1670.
  10. Book: Griffel, Margaret Ross . Operas in German: A Dictionary . 2018-01-23 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-1-4422-4797-0 . en.
  11. Book: Allgemeine Theater-Chronik: Organ für das Gesamtinteresse der deutschen Bühnen und ihrer Mitglieder . 1853 . Schaarschmidt & Volckmar . de.
  12. Book: Noll, Gustav . Otto der Schütz in der Literatur . 1906 . K. J. Trübner . de.
  13. Book: Dumas, Alexandre . Otto der Schütz . 2016-12-13 . andersseitig.de . 978-3-96118-235-0 . de.
  14. Book: Studies in German . 1926 . Catholic University of America . en.
  15. Web site: Woman's Work in Music, Arthur Elson . 2023-03-03 . www.hellenicaworld.com . 168.
  16. Book: Leuckart, Franz Ernst Christoph . Verzeichniss des Musikalien-Verlages von F. E. C. Leuckart Constantin Sander in Leipzig: In alphab. Reihenfolge. [Franz Ernst Christoph Leuckart]. ]. 1895 . Leuckart . de.
  17. Book: Hofmeisters Handbuch der Musikliteratur . 1880 . F. Hofmeister . de.
  18. Book: Musikalisch-literarischer Monatsbericht über neue Musikalien, musikalische Schriften und Abbildungen: 1853 . 1853 . Hofmeister . de.
  19. Book: Laurence, Anya . Women of notes : 1.000 women composers Born Before 1900. . 1978 . Richards Rosen Press. New York . 73 . 1123454581.
  20. Book: Ebel, Otto . Les femmes compositeurs de musique: dictionnaire biographique . 1910 . P. Rosier . fr.